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* In most modern accents ''ŗ'' /ʒ/ is postalveolar and merges with ''ș'' when devoiced. It is pronounced as Czech ''ř'' (devoiced after voiceless fricatives and aspirated stops) in conservative Western dialects.

* Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר׳עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג׳עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר׳י ''tŗi'' '3' and כּ׳י ''c̦i'' 'at her'.

* Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin~~. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech~~.

* Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin.

* ''t d s'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.

* /h/ is always pronounced clearly. It is usually [h~ɦ], but is [ħ̞] (weak [ħ]) before or after /a/ and [c̦] before /i/. Word-finally it is always [ħ̞].

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 * In most modern accents ''ŗ'' /ʒ/ is postalveolar and merges with ''ș'' when devoiced. It is pronounced as Czech ''ř'' (devoiced after voiceless fricatives and aspirated stops) in conservative Western dialects.
 * Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר&#1523;עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג&#1523;עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר&#1523;י ''tŗi'' '3' and כּ&#1523;י ''c&#x326;i'' 'at her'.
-* Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech.
+* Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin.
 * ''t d s'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.
 * /h/ is always pronounced clearly. It is usually [h~ɦ], but is [ħ&#798;] (weak [ħ]) before or after /a/ and [c&#x326;] before /i/. Word-finally it is always [ħ̞].